The potential to harm local birdlife is often used to oppose wind farm development. But research into how birds die shows wind farms should be the least of our concerns.
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During the Abbott government, the often recalcitrant Senate cross bench was thrown a big, juicy bone plainly intended to sweeten their disposition toward government bills which needed their support to…

Tony Windsor at his Werris Creek property with Mackdog, who’s a hit on social media.
Pat Hutchens/TCMay 15, 2016

There is one question that Tony Windsor, the high-profile former crossbencher from the Gillard years who is attempting a comeback in New England, is unwilling to answer. That is: in the (admittedly unlikely…

How long do we wait for evidence of harm before accepting something is safe?
AAP Image/Lukas CochMarch 29, 2016

At the centre of claims about wind farms allegedly causing health problems is the infrasound that wind turbines generate as they turn in the wind. Infrasound is sound below 20Hz, which is generally inaudible…

Internoise is the world’s premier research conference for acousticians. The 2015 meeting is being held right now in San Francisco. Buried among the hundreds of papers is one that you could easily take…

Broadcaster Alan Jones said on Q&A that the cost of wind power far outstrips the cost of coal power.
AAP Image/Lukas CochJuly 23, 2015